Garment hanger



June 14, 1949. R, c, HEFFERNAN 2,473,201

' GARMENT HANGER Filed May 17, 1947 I INVENTOR koamrw/irfimlyA/y ATTORNEY Patented June 14, 1949 OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Robert C. Hefiernan, Great Neck, N. Y.

Application May 1'7, 1947, Serial No. 748,720

7 Claims. (01. 223-91) The present invention relates to garment hang- I ers and is more'particularly directed toward garment hangers each of which is adapted to act as a coat hanger, a trousers or skirt hanger, and/or a hanger 'for slips, corsets and the like having shoulder straps.

The present invention contemplates a garment hanger preferably made of two pieces of wire or rod. These are bent to a suitable configuration and secured together in such a manner as to provide, firstly, a coat hanger with its outer ends widened so as to provide wide bearing areas for the shoulder portion of a coat or the like-secondly, a spring clip-like arrangement whereby a flat garment such as the waist of a skirt or the bottoms of trouser legs may'be securely gripped so as to han the skirt or trousers-and thirdly, hook elements capable of supporting lingerie hanging from the usual shoulder straps.

According to the present invention it is possible to make garment hangers suitable for these purposes in an inexpensive manner and yet provide a rugged and serviceable article for the purposes.

The accompanying drawings show, for purposes of illustrating the present invention, an embodiment in which the invention may take form, it being understood that the drawings are illustrative of the invention rather than limiting the same.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger looking at it from one side;

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the hanger of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a side elevational view illustrating the use of the hanger in supporting a skirt or pair of trousers.

The construction shown herein employs two pieces of bent resilient wire, preferably steel wire or light rod stock. In the drawings the diameter of the wire is exaggerated.

The construction shown herein employs two identical bent wire members one of which is marked A and the other B, and a hook C. The members A and B have ring-like upper" ends llll 0' through which the hook C may be passed. The wire member A has a straight downwardly sloping portion extending to the point marked l l where the wire bends outwardly as indicated at I2. The wire then extends downwardly as indicated at I3 in a plane to one side of the plane of the portion l'fll I. The wire is then bent as indicated at l4 and extends horizontally as indicated at IE to point 16 which is approximately below the bend between the parts l2 and I3. It

is then bent inwardly as indicated at I! to bring it back to the plane of the portion Ill-l I. The wire then extends across from the point l8 to H) where it is bent as indicated at 20 to provide a configuration similar to that at I! where it then extends horizontally as indicated at 2|, is bent as indicated at 22 and then extends upwardly and inwardly as indicated at 23 and is bent back as indicated at 24 so as to be again in the same plane as the portion lU-l I. The wire piece A then extends upwardly as indicated at 25 and is provided with a bent hook 26. The Wire B has the same configuration as the wire A and the same reference characters are applied to this wire element with a prime added, in so far as possible in the drawings.

The portions 25 and 25' of the wires A and B lie alongside the downwardly extending portions of the other wire member and these wire members are welded together as indicated at 21-21 at the left of Figure 1. Similar welding occurs on the right hand side of the hanger.

The wire members A and B are so manufactured that when they are welded together as indicated and the hook ends secured to one another; for example by the hanger supporting hook C, there is provided a strong rigid structure well shaped for the support of garments. The portions 13, 23 and i3, 23 provide Wide areas for the support of the shoulder portions of the coat. The inherent resiliency of the wire members holds the straight central parts l8l9, l8'-I9, in contact with one another. Owing to the fact that the parts [3 and I5 of one wire member are spaced from the parts 2 I 23 of the other member, and the construction is similar at the other end, space is provided for the insertion of the cuff or waistband of the skirt between the wire members and into the clip or clasp formed by the central portions l8l9', l8l9. Such a garment can be slid into position as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3 and will be securely gripped by the inherent resiliency of the parts.

The hooks 26-26 are available for hanging lingerie or other accessories.

While the present design utilizes two identical pieces of wire welded together to form the body of the hanger, it is, of course, to be understood that various other arrangements of wires may be employed to provide a hanger in which the widened areas are available for the support of the shoulder of the coat and the clip is available to support fiat garments such as trousers or skirt. Hence any other arrangement of wire parts to occupy positions in the finished structure equiving a spring clip wherein the triangle bases are urged toward one another to grip a garment inserted therebetween. v

2. A garment hanger as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the outer portions of the sides and bottom are spread apart to provide widened areas for supporting the shoulder portions of a coat.

3. A garment hanger as claimed in claim 1,

wherein each wire forming the shorter side of thetriangle has a hook at its-upper end for support of. lingerie.

4.. In a garment hanger, two wire members having side by side bottom elements thecentral portions thereof close together and the outer portions thereof spaced, the'members then extending upwardly and inwardly at substantially the same spacing and then bein secured to one another, the inwardly sloping spaced portions providing a widened area forsupport of the shoulder portion of a garment, the closely spaced central portions providing anarrow space to receive a flat garment;

5. A garment hanger made of two pieces of resilient wire bent to shape to provide at each side downwardly and outwardly sloping end portions and' transverse bottom portions extendin fromiside to side, of a general contour to receive 4 and support a coat, and secured together at the upper part of each side portion, the lower parts of the end portions being spaced laterally from one another to provide added width to receive the shoulder portions of the coat, the bottoms being closer to one another and urged toward one another by the resiliency of the end portions so as to grip a flat garment inserted therebetween.

6. A garment hanger as claimed in claim 5, havin hooksabove the pcintsjor securement of the wire members to one-anothenfor-the support oi lingerie.

' 7. A garment hanger having ends sloping downwardly and outwardly from an apex and two horizontal bottom interconnecting portions, the

bottom portions and the lower portions of the ends being composed of two resilient members secured together near the apex, and the portions 1 ofthemembers along the lower parts of the ends REFERENCES", men

Theffollowing references are ofa'recordin the file of this patent:

unrrnnfs'rnrns PATENTS Number v Name Date 35 2,123,797 Place ,Ju.ly 12, 1938 2,134,740 Seyler Nov. 1, 1938 2,398,138 Falcette Apr; 19, 1946 

